Gina Torres might be returning to the world of Suits - although not necessarily on the legal drama itself.

Six months after her shock departure from the USA Network hit in its mid-season finale, TVLine reports that Torres is in talks to spin off her character Jessica Pearson into her own show.

While a Universal spokesperson would only say that Suits is "currently focused on the remaining episodes of season six" and its upcoming seventh season, USA is apparently quietly developing this companion series.

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The always-fashionable Jessica Pearson was written out of Suits as part of a storyline where she quit her corporate lawyer gig at Pearson Specter Litt after successfully saving a death-row inmate from being executed.

Even then, Gina Torres was hinting at a comeback since Suits left Jessica's departure "as open-ended as possible".